South Australian Current Regulations

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS 2012 - REG 57

57—Managing risk of hearing loss from noise

        (1)         A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must manage, in accordance with Chapter 3 Part 1, risks to health and safety relating to the risk of hearing loss associated with noise.

Note—

WHS Act—section 19 (see regulation 9).

        (2)         A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that the noise that a worker is exposed to at the workplace does not exceed the exposure standard for noise.

Maximum penalty:

            (a)         In the case of an individual—$6 000.

            (b)         In the case of a body corporate—$30 000.